Why is US sending 3,000 Navy, Marines force to Persian Gulf? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Aug 7, 2023

Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left. — In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, the Royal Navy air defense destroyer HMS Defender (D 36) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) transit the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 19, 2019. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations. — Zachary Pearson- U.S. Navy via Getty Images

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Pentagon aims to use Marines to defend commercial tankers from Iran

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, pictured in New York harbour in May 2022

Thousands of US sailors, Marines reach Red Sea after Iran tensions

Agence France-Presse

A US Navy Martin UAV drone flies over the Gulf waters as Royal Bahrain Naval Force Abdulrahman Al Fadhel takes part in joint naval exercise between US 5th Fleet Command and Bahraini forces, Oct. 26, 2021.

Pentagon sends US Marines to deter Iran tanker seizures in Persian Gulf

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

A United States Air Force A-10 "Warthog" flies over the destroyer USS McFaul in the Gulf, on August 15, 2023

US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iran oil tanker threat

Agence France-Presse